The Harrowing Truth The Ronald Reagan Assassination Attempt

On March 30, 1981 - a little over two months after taking office, Reagan was shot by a would be assassin named John Hinckley. Hinckley had no political agenda. Hinckley, now 67, shot Reagan as the president was exiting a Washington hotel on March 30, 1981. President Reagan waves to the crowd immediately before being shot in an assassination attempt after exiting Washington Hilton Hotel. John Hinckley Jr., who shot President Ronald Reagan in 1981 in a failed assassination attempt, was fully released from court restrictions on Wednesday. The Chronicle's front page from March 31, 1981, covers the assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan and the wounding of three other men. Attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan facts. The assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan happened on Monday, March 30, 1981, 69 days after ... On March 30, 1981, Hinckley shot Reagan in an assassination attempt outside the Washington Hilton Hotel. Reagan suffered a punctured lung but ... It happened on a dreary March afternoon in 1981. President Ronald Reagan was leaving the Washington Hilton hotel after giving a speech to a ... On 30 March 1981, US President Ronald Reagan was shot and wounded by John Hinckley Jr as he left a speaking engagement at the Washington ... John Hinckley Jr., who shot President Ronald Reagan in 1981 in an assassination attempt, speaks about his remorse, gun laws and the more ...